Would you open your barn doors?
If we don't tell the public about agriculture, who will? You know who will. So are you ready to start talking yet?
Reader thanks good Samaritan who corralled her cows
On Dec. 28 a kind, thoughtful and wonderful person, or persons, performed an act of kindness and I want to thank them.
LETTER: Horse slaughter is inhumane and unnecessary
We can not keep slaughtering an excess of 100,000 horses every year and say this is a necessary evil to dispose of horses. We need to control the breeding of the horses to regain ground in price and value for the horse.
LETTER: Country needs farmers who milk cows, not taxpayers
The "farm bill," as quoted by Farm and Dairy editor Susan Crowell, is 75 percent not directed to the "farm." May I venture to say that another 20 percent of that remains is welfare for bankers, lawyers, politicians and multinational corporations. That leaves less than 10 billion dollars to benefit farmers.
Farmers, may I have your autograph, please?
"2012 will bring an added emphasis to a different kind of food celebrity -- the farmer."
LETTER: Use common sense to make a decision about shale drilling
Editor:I am a local farmer. I'm a simple man and, like most farmers, I have a lot of common sense. Simplicity and common sense...
LETTER: Collective bargaining still powerful tool for farmers
Farmers must never lose sight of the real power farmers have and that should be used in the marketplace. Market power, not government power, will bring lasting prosperity to America’s dairy farmers.
On tragedy: There is a reason why, we just need to figure it out...
Why do bad things happen to good people? And what are the rest of us supposed to do now?
This farm girl will never settle for mediocrity: We could learn a lot from...
This year's Sports Illustrated's Sportswoman of the Year developed her ball skills in the hayloft of her family's barn. And the farm work ethic helped build Pat Summitt's eight NCAA championships with the Lady Vols of the University of Tennessee.
LETTER: There should be labels on beef
The following is a headline I read recently, "COOL is ruled WTO violation; NCBA agrees." Are you kidding me? The all-knowing minds at the NCBA have fought a battle so all of us independent cattlemen and women have no way to distinguish our product.
